They can shut the heck up.
Arnold is no longer a media darling.
“But he was then told by the authorities it wasn’t officially a pothole at all.”
It was filled with water, and was larger than 2 square feet in size, hence by law is a wetland under CA Code K691.4791. Penalty for disturbing a wetland is 50 years in prison and/or $6 million dollar fine.
If the picture is accurate (as opposed to a file photo) it is pretty clear it was a cut for utility work. But most of those have warning signs and are only there for a few days before the work is done and the patched instead of being left open for weeks.
If that ‘service trench’ was so very essential, the space should have been marked with a sign explaining this to the public. Arnold made a mistake, but so did the county in ignoring that area for a long time.
Some invisible bureaucrat is just in a snit because their negligence was called out.
in other news, I poured gasoline on a fire ant mound
If it wasn’t a pothole what was it ? A pink elephant?
These unresponsive bureaucraps need to be flushed off the taxpayers’ payroll
Typical city of la lieing about a pothole
If socgas was working it would be blocked off or a metal plate down to drive over it. City aholes
In the 70’s Summit Rd. between Santa Clara and Santa Cruz in California was a heavily used road. The Summit Store put a pickle jar out for donations to fix the potholes. When enough money accumulated asphalt would be bought and placed by locals. The counties deemed it as illegal, done without permits,insurance etc. Has not gotten any better.
I bet that “service trench” has been there way past its prime.
The Pothole Terminator
The city should have placed a temporary “trench plate” over the trench while not working.
Eff the city!! Boo hoo that they have to open the trench again.
Good for Arnold and company…screw the city and they’re whining.